WATCH: Reform UK win Hull and East Riding Mayoral election

Gabrielle Wilde

By Gabrielle Wilde


Published: 02/05/2025

- 16:21

Updated: 02/05/2025

- 16:23

Former Olympic boxing champion Luke Campbell received 48,491 votes in East Yorkshire

Former Olympic boxing champion Luke Campbell has secured a remarkable victory in the Hull & East Yorkshire mayoral race, representing Reform UK.

The gold medallist has delivered a significant political triumph for Nigel Farage's party in what observers are calling a seismic result.

He received 48,491 votes in East Yorkshire, putting him 10,981 ballots ahead of Liberal Democrat Mike Ross in second.

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